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Voting Rights

MidPoint for Thursday, April 14 – Steve Vancore

Steve Vancore is a partner at VancoreJones Communications. He’s big on the rise of NPA’s (non-party-affiliated voters), and thinks it’s unfair that they’re shut out of being able to vote in Florida Primaries. Vancore talked...
Bernie Sanders in Kissimmee, Florida. By Seán Kinane

Could new voter ID laws impact Wisconsin’s primary?

The Republican and Democratic presidential preference primaries are Tuesday in Wisconsin; the state could boost the chances of candidates challenging front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. On MidPoint we spoke with Molly Stentz – she’s News and...

Women’s Show discusses the real costs of Medicare for All…..and Title IX 2/25

What is the real cost of “Medicare for all?” Even with the Affordable Care Act, 33 million Americans are uninsured and another 15-55 million are underinsured.  Yet by far, American’s pay the highest  health costs per...
A Move to Amend protest against citizens united

Floridians Organize to Overturn Citizens United

By Rob Lorei Its been six years since The United States Supreme Court issued its Citizens United decision which determined that political campaign contributions from corporations are protected as a first amendment right under the...

The Fairness Doctrine debates proposed amendment for open primaries in Florida

By Rob Lorei Tune in to staging.wmnf.org at 11:05 am EDT or local Tampa area 88.5 FM to hear The Fairness Doctrine where the topic debated will be the petition that is circulating in Florida...
WMNF 88.5

ACLU of Florida on redistricting and “prison Gerrymandering”

During the recent special session to re-draw Congressional districts, the Florida Legislature did not end up agreeing on maps; but during the discussion there was renewed focus on how prisoners affect the population of districts...
Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig may run for president on clean elections platform

Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig has launched an exploratory campaign to run for President of the United States in 2016; his main issue is to give individual voters more power in elections by reversing the tendency of...

Florida Planned Parenthood CEO responds to controversy on covert videos, state investigation

On today’s Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei speaks with Barbara Zdravecky,CEO of Planned parenthood for Southwest and Central Florida, about the controversy surrounding a series of edited videos that purportedly showed PP staff discussing the sale of aborted fetal...

WEDU’s Florida this Week, and local meteorologist discusses record heavy rainfall

Today we listen back on the latest Florida This Week, a political discussion show on WEDU that airs Friday nights at 8:30. Moderator Rob Lorei and the panel (St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman, the Tampa bay Times’ Steve...
WMNF 88.5

The Fairness Doctrine with Jennifer Sullivan addresses corporate money in political campaigning

The Fairness Doctrine with Jennifer Sullivan addresses corporate money in political campaigning

Letter Carriers union work to increase vote-by-mail participation

Letter Carriers union work to increase vote-by mail participation

Fast Food workers in Denmark paid two and half times more than American wage workers and Investigative reporter discusses new voter purge

Fast food workers paid more in Denmark and Rob discusses a new program to purge voters in 27 states who allegedly are voting in two states.

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